The Beloved Rogue
About The Beloved Rogue
François Villon, whose father was burned at the stake, writes and steals and takes the side of people the court presses. The Duke of Burgundy wants the French throne and works on Louis XI, whom the astrologers have warned about a war with Burgundy. Villon is pulled into that contest, and into the life of Charlotte de Vauxcelles.
Cast & crew
More about The Beloved Rogue
Alan Crosland directed. Paul Bern wrote it, loosely from the life of François Villon and from Justin Huntly McCarthy's If I Were King. Joseph M. Schenck produced it. Joseph H. August photographed it. Hal C. Kern edited it. United Artists released it on March 12, 1927. Wikipedia gives 10 reels, 9,264 feet. Wikidata gives 99 minutes. John Barrymore plays Villon. Conrad Veidt plays Louis XI. Marceline Day plays Charlotte de Vauxcelles. A copy is on the Internet Archive as TheBelovedRogue.
Themes
Making
Crosland put Barrymore's Villon against Veidt's Louis XI for Schenck at United Artists.
Look
Joseph H. August shot the Paris streets and Louis XI's court.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- A 1920 film of the same story is If I Were King, with William Farnum.
- The 1938 sound remake uses that title and stars Ronald Colman.
- The Vagabond King (1930 and 1956) is the operetta version.
- Angelo Rossitto, Henry Victor, and Jane Winton are billed. A circulating copy runs 1 hour 38 minutes.
Scenes
- Villon's father is remembered as a man burned by the state.
- The duke plays on the king's fear of Burgundy.
Influenced by
- Justin Huntly McCarthy's If I Were King
Influenced
- If I Were King (1938)
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheBelovedRogue)
